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  • Eudaimonia and the Beauty of Earned Wins

    1 Thought: There’s something special about ice cream churned by hand. As a kid, I remember gathering with my family around a clunky old ice cream maker that lived in the recesses of our home. It was a big wood-sided bucket with a crank attached to the top, and the job of turning that crank…

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  • Own Your Life, or Someone Else Will: The Power of Purposeful Planning

    Own Your Life, or Someone Else Will: The Power of Purposeful Planning There’s a simple truth that often gets overlooked in the noise of modern life: If you don’t plan your days, someone else will. It might be your boss. It might be your phone. It might be the endless scroll of social media or…

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  • Mastering Motivation: The Power of Carrots and Consequences

    1 Thought: It’s said that no 2 snowflakes are exactly alike and that has also been said of us, people. In some ways it’s very true that we are special, and unique, and one of a kind. That said there are 2 actions that move us all to act, and those are the carrot and…

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  • Ignite Your Potential: Embrace Naivety for Success

    1 Thought: Thomas Edison was quoted saying that he hadn’t failed when trying to create the light bulb but rather that he had found over 1,000 ways that don’t work. Had he listened to others that doubted, or given up due to failing not once or twice, but over a thousand times we might not…

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  • Your Kids in the Workplace

    1 Thought: The image above doesn’t seem that long ago for me, and in some ways it’s how we always see our children, but they do grow up, and they do it very quickly. I’m a father of 4, now adults, all in the workplace and thriving thank goodness. How do we prepare them for…

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  • 2 Winning Management Styles. Which One are You?

    1 Thought: Managing a group of people is a tough role and choices need to be made as to how you are going to lead. When working with any size team you have multiple personalities that respond to instruction, direction, and critiques in different ways and as a manager it’s your responsibility to lead them…

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  • Emperor’s New Clothes…You Don’t Have To See Them!

    1 Thought: The collective illusion we all know from the original story of the Emperor’s New clothes is exemplified and amplified greatly as markets tighten up in a strained economy. Sadly the more “fortunate” we feel to have our jobs the less creative we “feel” we should be. Let me explain. When things are “good”…

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